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M_Glenn_M wrote:Recording radio button is selected which shows the recording control, CD vol, Mic vol, Line vol and stereo mix. (all checked except stereo mix.)

Could you post a screen shot of that so that we can see what you are looking at.

rubberbrain wrote:@Steve: I have both a "Line In" and "Mic" inputs, both of which are enabled and have the latest drivers.

So what's plugged into those inputs? What are you trying to record from?
(If they say "not plugged in", then they are not available for recording)

I have a pair of Tannoy Reveal monitors (original model). They're a bit light on the bass (compared with bigger speakers) so possibly not the best thing if you're listening to bass heavy dance mixes, but they are very "revealing", not at all tiring to listen to and I really like them. The ...

A UCA 202 will almost certainly be better quality than the on-board sound card, but there's no way that I can predict if it will cure the hum problem - that depends on where the hum is coming from. Audacity does not do any live processing. The Yamaha LS 9 has comprehensive Eq facilities, so if requi...

OK to answer to your first question if I am speaking like talking to someone on the other side of the room, ?? No, unfortunately I am not talking that loud, because as it is a narration, if I do it like shouting, it sounds really bad and distorted, but I am talking very loud as loud as I am able to...

Upgrade to Audacity 1.3.13.
You can get it here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

Problem 1 is probably because the old 1.2.6 version does not support multiple sample rates in the same track.
Problem 2 is probably because your computer is too new for the old 1.2. version.

I discovered that the Preferences dialogue was blank, with no options for selecting my audio input device. Audacity can only "see" recording/playback devices that are enabled in Windows. Check in the Windows Control Panel to see if your computer has a recording device enabled (see here: h...

Thanks for getting back to us.
Glad it's working for you now.

Open up: Windows Start button > (Settings) > Control Panel > Sounds, Speech and Audio Devices > Sounds and Audio devices Then click on the "Audio" tab. In the "Sound Recording" section, the Realtek device should be selected. Click on the "Volume" button in the Sound Rec...

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